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From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: Pieter-Louis Schoeman <pl.schoeman@pocketlaw.net>
Cc: arve@android.com, brauner@kernel.org, cmllamas@google.com,
	 gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, tkjos@android.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  ojeda@kernel.org,
	paul@paul-moore.com, tamird@gmail.com,  vitaly.wool@konsulko.se,
	wedsonaf@gmail.com, yury.norov@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binder: rust: pin zero-to-one ref increments to initiating thread
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:43:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aUMV1Kv8dtHLVWIc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251215194541.19425-1-pl.schoeman@pocketlaw.net>

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 09:45:41PM +0200, Pieter-Louis Schoeman wrote:
> The refcount update path must use the zero-to-one aware API on the first
> increment to preserve correct delivery semantics.
> 
> Pass the initiating thread through Process::update_ref() and NodeRef so
> zero->one increments are pinned when available, while keeping decrement
> behavior unchanged.
> 
> Also harden update_refcount_locked() to reject increments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pieter-Louis Schoeman <pl.schoeman@pocketlaw.net>

Currently the zero-to-one aware API is used only when a process sends an
outgoing transaction containing a node owned by the sender. Can you
explain what other scenario requires the zero-to-one aware API?

Alice

      reply	other threads:[~2025-12-17 20:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-15 19:45 [PATCH] binder: rust: pin zero-to-one ref increments to initiating thread Pieter-Louis Schoeman
2025-12-17 20:43 ` Alice Ryhl [this message]

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